战胜拖延-把自己绑在桅杆上(3)

The ways successful people defeat procrastination¹.

 

成功人士战胜拖延的方法。

 

They tie themselves to the mast.

 

他们把自己绑在桅杆上

 

In Homer's Odyssey², Odysseus has his ship's crew tiehim to the mast so that he could hear the Sirens’ song without being drawn³ inand tempted⁴ to jump into the sea. If you're a chronic⁵ procrastinator⁶ and simplycan't resist the temptations of things like Facebook and Youtube, it might betime to tie yourself to the mast.

 

There are tools such as Rescue Time, SelfControl andFocus that will temporarily block access to distracting websites like Facebookso you can work on the things that matter. It's an extreme measure but alsovery effective.

 

There are less aggressive tools such as Facebook Newsfeed Eradicator⁷ and Distraction⁸ Free Youtube. These will allow you to haveaccess to Facebook and Youtube but block the distracting parts of these websites （such as the newsfeed）so youcan still use them for business purposes, like managing ads.

 

1 procrastination   

n.拖延，耽搁

参考例句：

• Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
• Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。

2 odyssey   

n.长途冒险旅行；一连串的冒险

参考例句：

• The march to Travnik was the final stretch of a 16-hour odyssey.去特拉夫尼克的这段路是长达16小时艰险旅行的最后一程。
• His odyssey of passion, friendship,love,and revenge was now finished.他的热情、友谊、爱情和复仇的漫长历程，到此结束了。

3 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

5 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

6 procrastinator   

n. 拖延者, 拖拉者, 因循者

参考例句：

• General Peckem's communications about cleanliness and procrastination made Major Major feel like a filthy procrastinator. 佩克姆将军谈到清洁和拖延的那些简报，使梅杰少校感到自己象一个邋遢的、作风拖拉的家伙。
• This is also a great help if you are a procrastinator. 如果你是一个拖拉的人，这样会对你很有帮助。

7 eradicator   

根除者，褪色灵

参考例句：

• Disintegrator-This will give your Eradicator Hexapod a close range anti-vehicle weapon. 分解者——这将给你的根除者提供一架近程反装甲武器。
• The Eradicator Hexapod's initial weapons are plasma discs that resemble closely the Devastator Warship's weapon. 根除者六足机甲的初始武器是类似于毁灭战舰的粒子飞盘。

8 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。